Garment-hanger.



J. L. SOMMEB.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.30. 19|5.

1 ,282,480. Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

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GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.s0. 1915.

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- JOHN L. SOMMER, OF NEVIARK, NEW JERSEY,-ASSIGNOB TO J. L. SOMMER MANUFAC- TUBING (70., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 191$.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN L. SoMMER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide an improved garment hanger for hanging up an entire suit or both coat and trousers; to provide a construction adapted to be readily manufactured from sheet material; to provide a hanger which will fold into a compact package; to obtain the proper curvature for the arms of the coat hanger'and at the same time make the arms foldable; to form the coat hanger so that when folded it may carry the trousers hanger Within itself; to secure simplicity of construction and operation and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a garment hanger embodying my invention, when folded;

Fig. 2 is a similar elevation showing one arm of the coat hanger partially unfolded and the trousers hanger partially removed;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the coat hanger entirely open;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of one of the folding arms of the coat hanger;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lower endof the arm supporting member of the coat hanger;

Fig. 6 is an elevation similar to Fig. 3, showing the opposite side thereof and the trousers hanger carried thereby in open condition;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view trousers supporting arms;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the lower end of thesupporting. member for said arms;

Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section through the folded coat hanger taken in a plane of the arms and showing the trousers hanger folded therein, and

Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are transverse crosssections on lines A-A, B-B, and C-C respectively of Fig. 9.

In the specific embodiment of the invenof one of the tion illustrated in said drawings, the reference numeral 1 indicates a garment hanger made up of a coat hanger 2 and a trousers hanger 3. The coat hanger preferably comprises a sheet metal supporting member l adapted to extend laterally therefrom. Said supporting member is shown in the drawings as providing a hook 6 at its upper endand an elongated stem 7 in the plane of said hook and flaring adjacent its other end or bottom, and the support being bent laterally from said bottom of the stem forming a transverse portion 8, see Fig. 5, and then bent back again parallel to and spaced from the stegi and hook portion of the member as at Between this parallel portion or lip 9 and the stem 7 are pivoted arms 5, 5, by suitable means such as the rivets. 10, whereby the arms may swing flatwise of the stem 7 to close or open the hanger. The pivotal mounting of the arms is such that as each is thrown into its open position the arm is stopped by and rests upon the edge of the transverse portion 8 of the stem 7 and preferably in such manner that said arms will both slope somewhat downward away from the pivotal mounting.

In order to fold the hanger with greater compactness, the arms 5, 5 are each made in a pair of sections pivotally connected at their meeting ends by riveted pins 11 extending through both sections. -Preferably the sections of each pair of arms are stamped up from sheet metal into channel shape, one being of smaller cross-section than the other so as to fold or rest in it. Furthermore, the sections of each pair are assembled so that when thus closed one into the other their cor responding flanges and their webs are adj acent each folded arm being channel like, and the two arms are assembled so that they fold with their channel toward each other to form a pocket. For example, in the drawings the channel of the inner section, or section pivoted to the stem is large enough to receive the outer section within itself. Furthermore the channel of the inner section opens up wardly, with the arm extended, whereas the outer section, in extended position of the arm, has its channel opening downward. and it will therefore be obvious that when said sections are folded together they both will open outward in the same direction. Thus it is, when the sections are folded together and the arms swung toward each other into folded position, as in Fig. 1, the channels are open toward each other providing said pocket thereby.

Preferably the arms 5, 5 are shaped to obtain the proper support for a garment, such as a coat, and for this purpose the sections of the arms are lon itudinally concave or, with reference to their closed position, the

sections bow away from each other intermediateof their ends. Thuswhen the arms are extended, the inner section of each is curved with its center of curvature above the arm and the outer one with its center of curvature below the arm, forming, in other words, a reverse curve. By this means I obtain the proper curvature for thearms of the hanger and at the same time permit the same to be folded compactly.

Stamped from the lower part of the stem 7 and from the transverse portion 8 is astrip of the sheet material bent into suitable shape to form a depending hook 12, adapted to carry the trousers hanger 3. Preferably the hook is integral with the lip portion 9 of the supporting member so that its free end extends toward the stem. In hanging a coat upon the arms, the'lip portion 9 of the hanger is positioned toward the back of the coat and the stem toward the front which allows the coat collar to project forwardly as far as the stem and thus not be bent out of shape. Obviously with a coat appliedto the hanger in this manner, the hook 12 is open toward the front of the coat and the trousers'hanger may be readily applied thereto or removed therefrom.

The trousers hanger comprises a supporting member 13 and a pair of arms 14-, 14 pivoted thereto, said supporting member being flared adjacent its bottom so as to afford room for pivoting the arms adjacent each other fiatwise of the supporting member. Furthermore, the supporting member is preferably stamped from sheet metal and provides a hook 15 at its upper end with a depending stem. At the bottom of the flared end-of this stem isa laterally bent portion 16, and-the arms 14, 14 are pivoted to the stem in such relation to said transverse portion as to engage the same when swung downward and be held thereby against swinging farther than into substantially perpendicular relation to the stem. To fold the hanger, the arms are swung upwardly to lie adjacent to each other and to the supporting member.

Preferably, the arms 14 for the trousers hanger are stamped from resilient sheet metal, the same being each a narrow strip bent back upon itself intermediate its ends as at 17 and the two portions resiliently pressing toward each other to grip and support trousers or other garments inserted therebetween. The pivotediend of the arm is chase may be obtainedto insert the goods of preferably longer than the free endand the free end bends at its extremity slightly away from the other portion of the armsopur the garment therebetween to force the two portions of the arm apart and slide the garment between. v V

The length, thickness and width of the trousers hanger when folded are properly proportioned with respect to the coat hanger to fit within the channel-shaped arms thereof and be included between the opposite pairs of sections when folded together. Furthermore, the arms of the trousers hanger-- are of such length that when carried between the arms of the coat hanger they underlie the riveted pins 11 thereof, see Fig. 9, and the trousers hanger will accordingly be prevented thereby from sliding longitudinally out. By arranging the trousers hanger to fold within the coat hanger I obtain notonly compactness, but also rigidity in that the trousers hanger prevents the coat hanger from being so readily bent while being car ried and vice versa.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is,-

1. A garment-hanger comprising a coat hanger having channel-shaped arms each pivoted at one end and jointed intermediate of its ends, each arm being thereby adapted to fold and the arms being also adapted to fold toward each other, and a trousers hanger adapted to be inclosed between said arms when folded toward each other.

2. A garment :hanger comprising a coat hanger having a stem portion-and. channelshaped arms each pivoted at one end to said stem portion and jointed intermediate of its ends, each arm being thereby adapted to'105 fold and the arms being also adapted to fold toward each other and provide a pocket t ierebetween, and a trousers hanger adapted to be folded and inclosed between the 'arms within said pocket.

3. A garment hanger comprising a,coat:. hanger having channel-shaped" arms each pivoted at one end and each composed of two parts foldable longitudinally of each other, a' pin or the like extending through said 115 parts passing transversely through the chan' nels thereof and 'hinging said parts together, said arms being also adapted to fold toward each other, and a trousers hanger adapted to be inclosed between said arms when 120 folded toward each other and underlie said pins being held-thereby against sliding longitudinally from between said members.

4. A. garment hanger comprising a coat hanger having a supporting member with a 125 transverse portion from which extend asteln and a lip, in spaced and parallel relation, channel shaped arms pivotedto said stem and lip to swing therebetween each arm having two parts, a pin or the-like extending 130 passing transversely through the channels thereof and hinging said parts together, said arms being also adapted to fold toward each other, and a trousers hanger adapted to be inclosed between said arms when folded toward each other and extending from the transverse through said parts portion of the supporting member to the said pins being held thereby against sliding 10 longitudinally from between said members.

5. A coat hanger comprising a support- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five ing member and arms pivoted thereto, each arm being in sections pivoted together and said sections being of channel iron reversed in one with respect to the other so that when folded one nests within the other with their flanges projecting in the same direction and the arms when closed form between themselves a pocket to receive a trousers hanger or the like.

JOHN L. SOMMER.

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